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Wonders of the Chinese Opera.
Source: Promenade au Jardin des Poiriers (or A Walk in the Pear Garden), by Jacques Pimpaneau, published by Musée Kwok On, Paris, 1983.
In the 19th century, the Pekinese opera developed a radical and extensive use of facial make-up with tormented designs that became the norm in the rest of China during the 20th century. These striking make-ups were added when the Pekinese opera created many warrior and army leader roles, as color is generally associated with violence in Chinese stage conventions. Additionally, there is a number of practical reasons why make-up became a key element of Chinese opera:
- The absence of a proper stage design in most venues
- Female roles were played by men
- The need to hide facial peculiarities as Chinese beauty criterion are extremely strict (small lips, small nose, eyebrows)
- The absence of electric lighting necessitated contrasted make-ups
- During frequent outdoor performances, characters could be identified from a distance.
The collection of painted models above is to be used as inspiration by actors for their make-up. Source: Promenade au Jardin des Poiriers (or A Walk in the Pear Garden), by Jacques Pimpaneau, published by Musée Kwok On, Paris, 1983.
Kyn-Tanya, …IU IIIUUU IU… (1924)
From Radio, Poema Inalambrico en Trece Mensajes (or Radio: Wireless Poem in Thirteen Messages), book of poems by Mexican poet Kyn-Taniya (real name Luis Quintanilla), published by Editorial Cultura, Mexico City, 1924. Kyn-Yaniya was a member of the Dadaist Estridentista movement.
Sound from the 2xCD Ruidos y susurros de las vanguardias, or Noises and Whispers In Avant-Gardes, Allegro Records, Valencia 2004.
“…IU IIIUUU IU…” is a collage of sentences heard during actual broadcasts from Mexican radio. The title imitates noises produced by a radio receiver during frequency tuning.
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…IU IIIUUU IU…
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ÚLTIMOS SUSPIROS DE MARRANOS DEGOLLADOS EN CHICAGO ILLINOIS ESTRUDENDO DE LAS CAÍDAS DEL NIÁGARA EN LA FRONTERA DE CANADÁ KREISLER REISLER D’ANNUNZIO FRANCE ETCÉTERA Y LOS JAZZ BANDS DE VIRGINIA Y TENESÍ LA ERUPCIÓN DEL POPOCATÉPETL SOBRE EL VALLE DE AMECAMECA ASÍ COMO LA ENTRADA DE LOS ACORAZADOS INGLESES A LOS DARDANELOS EL GEMIDO NOCTURNO DE LA ESFINGE EGIPCIA LLOYD GEORGE WILSON Y LENIN LOS BRAMIDOS DEL PLESIOSAURIO DIPLODOCUS QUE SE BAÑA TODAS LAS TARDES EN LOS PANTANOS PESTILENTES DE PATAGONIA LAS IMPRECACIONES DE GANDHI EN EL BAGDAD LA CACOFONÍA DE LOS CAMPOS DE BATALLA O DE LAS ASOLEADAS ARENAS DE SEVILLA QUE SE HARTAN DE TRIPAS Y DE SANGRE DE LAS BESTIAS Y DEL HOMBRE BABE RUTH JACK DEMPSEY Y LOS ALARIDOS DOLOROSOS DE LOS VALIENTES JUGADORES DE FÚTBOL QUE SE MATAN A PUNTAPIÉS POR UNA PELOTA
Todo esto no cuesta ya más que un dólar
Por cien centavos tendréis orejas eléctricas
y podréis pescar los sonidos que se mecen
en la hamaca kilométrica de las ondas
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…IU IIIUUU IU…
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Alexander Aliabiev (1787-1851), The Nightingale
Trio Broz with Lydia Kavina, theremin
Live during “Wonder in MaRT” exhibition, May 11, 2012
Museo di Arte Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Trento, Italy
Peter Schmidt & Brian Eno, Oblique Strategies, 100 card deck.
Private, not-for-sale fourth edition, known as the “universal edition”, edited by Peter Norton and family, Christmas 1996. Special features include translations in 5 languages in addition to English, e.g.: Mandarin Chinese, Hindi, Spanish, Russian and Arabic ; and uniquely shaped white plastic box designed by Pae White.
Minute of Listening, educational program produced by Sound and Music in selected UK schools from January to March 2012. The children were proposed “a new minute-long extract of music or sound each day”.
Sylvia Smith, catalog of American Music, Sonic Arts Editions, Smith Publications, 1985. With graphic scores by Stuart Smith, Ben Johnston, Randolph Coleman. From Book—-shop online bookseller.
First an international concert solist, Swiss pianist, organist and pedagogue Robert Strübin (1897-1965) had to stop touring and playing in 1956 after a serious illness. In the last years of his life, he turned to drawing and painting, creating colorful, geometric patterns intended as visual equivalents of classical music compositions by Brahms, Schumann, Bach or Engelmann. These gouache drawings are based on a precise height and width according to length and pitch, as wel as an original color code for notes. His first solo exhibition took place in 1964. Some pictures above from the retrospective exhibition in ZwischenZeit, Basel, 2009-2010. Strübin also created interesting rosettes and architectural drawings – see here.
Jacqueline Gordon, Our Best Machines are Made of Sunshine, Queens Nails Projects gallery, San Francisco, 2009. Surround sound installation with 24 speakers transmitting traffic noises recorded on the sidewalk in front of the gallery by a pair of microphones. The installation also served as a sound system for guest artists Sutekh, Wobbly or Gregg Kowalsky, among others (more info here).
LP collection, anonymous collector, West Coast, USA.
